Clasp



PATENTED JAN. '26, 1904.

0. J. JONES.

CLASP.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 4, 1903 NO MODEL.

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UNITED STATES Patented January 26, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

CLASP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 750,656, dated January26, 1904. Application filed June 4, 1903. Serial No. 160,035. (Nomodel.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, OWEN J. JONES, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Bangor, in the county of Northampton and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Olasp, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in clasps particularly designedto be used in lieu of buttons for securing suspender ends to trousers,an object being to provide a clasp of simple construction that may bequickly engaged with the waistband of trousers and as readily detached.

I will describe a clasp embodying my invention and then point out thenovel features in the appended claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indidatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a clasp embodying my invention; andFigs. 2 and 3 are sectional views thereof, showing, respectively, theclasp in closed and open position.

The frame of the clasp consists of a single length of wire bent to forma jaw member 1, opposite eyes 2, opposite eyes 3, and a loop member 4,with which the Suspender-end 5 is designed to engage. Mounted to swingrelatively to the frame and coacting with the jaw member 1 is aplate-like jaw 6, this plate-like jaw being mounted to swing in the eyes2. As a means for forcing the plate-like jaw into engagement with thegoods I employ a camplate 7 The forward end of this plate is curvedoutward to form a finger-piece. At its other end it is provided with acurved projection 8 for engaging with the jaw-plate. This cam plate hastrunnions 9 bearing in the eyes 3.

In the operation when the jaws are separated, as indicated in Fig.3,-the material to be clasped is passed between the same, and then byswinging the cam-plate downward the plate-like jaw will be moved intotight engagement with the material.

While I have described my invention as for use in connection withsuspenders for supporting trousers, it will be obvious that the claspmay be employed for supporting other garments.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent A clasp comprising a frame consisting of a singlelength of wire bent to form a jaw member, two sets of eyes, and a loopabove the eyes, a jaw-plate having trunnion-bearings in the lower eyes,and a cam-plate having trunnion-bearings in the upper eyes, the saidcamplate having a curved end for engaging with the jaw-plate.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

OWEN J. JONES.

Witnesses:

HOWARD L. STEINMETZ, JOHN W. JoNEs.

